Site published by:
Sacem – Society of authors, composers and publishers of music
Société civile à capital variable (non-trading company with variable capital) registered with the RCS of Nanterre under no. 775 675 739
Registered office :
225, Avenue Charles de Gaulle
92528 – Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, France
Phone number: 01 47 15 47 15
Publishing Director:
Cécile Rap-Veber (Managing Director, Sacem)
225, Avenue Charles de Gaulle
92528 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, France
Hosted by
SIGMA Informatique, Société par actions simplifiée à associé unique, registered with the RCS of Nantes under number 872 803 390
3 rue Newton, BP 4127
44241 La Chapelle-sur-Erdre
Website created by FCINQ
Photo and video credits: Fonds Sacem/FCFA, Istock, Bekind Production, Adobe Stock.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE FCFA WEBSITE
The purpose of these General Terms and Conditions is to define the terms and conditions of use of this website.
You agree to use the website in accordance with the regulations in force, public order and good morals, and to comply with these general conditions of use.
1. Subject
The FCFA website presents the activities of the Franco-American Cultural Fund (FCFA).
Created in 1996 at the initiative of Sacem, the FCFA is a unique collaboration between the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs, et Editeurs de musique (Sacem), and the two American guilds, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), later joined by the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW). The FCFA is financed by resources from private copying tax in France. Its mission is to foster cultural exchange between France and the United States, based on a shared passion for film and television creation.
The FCFA promotes French films, encourages links with American distributors and facilitates access to the North American market for numerous French filmmakers and producers.
2. Intellectual property rights
All content (text, video, sound, images, photos, software, logos, etc.) published on the FCFA website is protected in accordance with the provisions of French law and international conventions relating to Intellectual Property.
Subject to the provisions of articles L.122-5, L.211-3 and L.342-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code, any reproduction and/or communication to the public of all or part of this content is subject to authorization.
In addition, any unauthorized reproduction of trademarks and logos on this site constitutes a counterfeiting act punishable by law. The offender is liable to civil and criminal prosecutions, and in particular to the sentences stipulated in articles L. 335-2, L. 343-1 and L716-10 of the French Intellectual Property Code.
3. Personal data
Personal data is any information that makes it possible to identify you as an individual, either directly (e.g. your surname, first name, etc.) or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier (e.g. your credentials, etc.).
In compliance with the regulations in force, we remind you that any personal data made available on the FCFA website must not be collected and processed without the prior written consent of the person concerned. In particular, it is absolutely prohibited to collect and use this data, manually or automatically, for the sending of unsolicited marketing email.
You are informed that no data is processed on the website.
4. Cookies
You are informed that, during your visits to the site, one or more cookies may be automatically installed on your terminal (cell phone, computer, tablet, etc.) in order to record certain information concerning your browsing (pages viewed, date and time of viewing, etc.). These cookies are used solely to optimize your browsing experience on the site.
The cookies used on the website are the following:
“Strictly necessary cookies”: are required for the FCFA website to work properly;
“Performance and audience measurement cookies”: collect information about website usage so that Sacem can improve the performance of the FCFA website;
“Targeting or advertising cookies and Social Network Cookies”: these cookies are set by partner companies as you browse the FCFA website. They make it possible to deliver targeted advertising, based on your personal interests, while you are browsing other websites.
With the exception of strictly necessary cookies, which do not require your express consent and are placed on your terminal by default, you can use the cookies banner to accept or refuse the placement of performance and audience measurement cookies, targeted advertising and social networking cookies on your terminal.
Cookies will only be deposited if you accept them, and continued browsing is equivalent to a refusal on your part to consent to the deposit of cookies.
We inform you that your consent to cookies will be valid for a period of 6 months. At the end of this period, you will be asked again to make your preferences known with regard to the placement of cookies.
5. Hypertext links
5.1 Hypertext links to the FCFA website
Any creation of a hypertext link pointing to the FCFA website is made under the entire liability of the person who created this link and cannot engage the liability of the website publisher who reserves the right to request the dereferencing of these links, in particular when the site hosting the link infringes the copyright or harms the reputation of the FCFA or that of its partners.
5.2 Hypertext links from the FCFA website to other websites
The FCFA website contains hypertext links to other sites which are not under the control of the FCFA. As a result, these websites may be modified, updated or deleted at any time by the publisher under its sole responsibility. The publisher of the present site cannot be held accountable for the content, advertising, products or services available on external sites or sources accessible via a hypertext link from its Internet site.
6. Liability
The information published on the FCFA website comes from sources deemed reliable. However, the site editor cannot guarantee the accuracy or relevance of this data. You are solely responsible for using the information made available to you on the site with discernment and spirit.
The site editor is free to modify the content of the site at any time and without notice.
The site editor cannot be held responsible for any damage, direct or indirect, resulting from the use of the FCFA website, nor for the total or partial impossibility of using the site, due in particular to technical maintenance operations or a technical problem of any nature whatsoever.
You also agree not to transmit any unsolicited advertising or promotional material (“spamming”), or any content containing computer viruses.
7. Modifications to the General Terms and Conditions of Use
The site editor reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of use at any time. We invite you to regularly consult the latest version of the Terms and Conditions available on the site.
8. Applicable law and jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions and their application are governed by French law. Disputes concerning the interpretation and execution of these terms and conditions shall be brought before the competent court in accordance with the provisions of the French Code of Civil Procedure.
The English translation is provided for information purposes only. In the event of dispute, the French version shall prevail.